Using the news in the classroom
Discover age-appropriate, classroom-ready news stories to help primary pupils digest and make sense of unmediated information they receive on the Internet
Discover age-appropriate, classroom-ready news stories to help primary pupils digest and make sense of unmediated information they receive on the Internet
Discovery Education Espresso News, a key part of Discovery Education Espresso, is a unique service, produced in collaboration with ITN Productions and specifically tailored to primary schools. Espresso News gives children a safe, age-appropriate way to find out what's happening in the world using real events and footage to create lasting, high-impact learning opportunities. With over 5,000 resources, Espresso News consists of:
The variety of resources available on the news service allows teachers to infuse the news throughout the whole curriculum. Whether starting the school day with the Daily news feature, using the weekly News Bites as a launch pad to discuss current affairs, or incorporating the Assemblies into class or whole-school discussion, Discovery Education Espresso News provides powerful opportunities to bring current affairs and world events to pupils of all ages.
The National Curriculum for English places considerable emphasis on pupils of all ages gaining experience of a wide range of different texts - fiction and non-fiction, written and spoken - and on them developing the comprehension skills needed to interpret these texts with confidence: identifying the main points, summarising and précising, and distinguishing fact from opinion. Espresso News, for EYFS, KS1 and KS2, provides the ideal material for working on these skills through both video and written text.
Our daily and weekly updating news resources, produced in partnership with ITN Productions, are accompanied by written transcripts and provide real-world texts on subjects of interest and relevance to pupils. They also provide a great example of standard spoken English for pupils to develop their vocabulary through listening to a high quality and variety of language.
More than ever, it is vital that pupils of all ages are not just informed about the wider world around them but that they are capable of evaluating the trustworthiness of sources and discriminating between facts, opinions and disinformation. Espresso News provides you with the tools to engage students in thinking critically about the information they consume in the media and develop them as empowered citizens in the 21st century.
Espresso News is available as part of a Discovery Education Espresso subscription. To get started, login to your Discovery Education account, hover over the relevant Key Stage and select 'Espresso News home' from the drop down menu.